title: Closing the ICD-l0 revenue gap.
abstract: Hospitals can improve clinical documentation under ICD-10 by implementing three strategies: Bring clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists and coders together for daily or weekly communications to improve documentation quality, processes, and outcomes. Encourage CDI specialists to engage in direct, one-on-one conversations with physicians or generate queries, whether paper or EHR-based, to clarify missing or unclear documentation to promote better overall clinical documentation outcomes. Assess ICD-10 hot spots for documentation gaps to mitigate risk of lost revenue under ICD-10.
authors.affiliation: HRS, Baltimore, Md., USA. kim@hrscoding.com
authors.forename: Kimberly Janet
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States